Patents by Inventor Ernest Mah

Ernest Mah has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20070184920
    Abstract: Sports shooting target assembly that electronically detects successful shots through the aperture of the target frame. One or more target assemblies are attached to a goal post or crossbar in desired practice locations. The target assemblies are electronically controlled by a central unit to form a sports shooting practice system. In one embodiment, a microcontroller is programmed to control the target assemblies and provide a number of entertaining games. Other embodiments add lights to each target assembly and a siren to provide feedback on successful shots through the target assembly's aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Ernest Mah, Richard Mah
  • Publication number: 20060041792
    Abstract: A file validator technique for identifying a test specification to be used for testing validity of a file element associated with a file is provided. The test specification is a member in one of a set of test specifications embedded in the file validator and a set of test specifications not embedded in the file validator. According to the technique, a file element is selected, a pointer associated with the selected file element is selected, and a pointer is used to select the test specification associated with the selected file element, the selected test specification being selectable from one of the set of test specifications embedded in the file validator and the set of test specifications not embedded in the file validator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Mah, Lawrence Mandel, Craig Salter